Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-21
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W. D. Cunning, a Western essayist,
has discovered new name for the malady
OF mind or body which results from night
work. He calls it "katZeDj ammer,'
which is a German word meaning "cat
sickness" He explains that the cat
prowls about At night because 1t Is SICK
from hunger, aud that the same tning IS
true of the owl, the nIghtha"k, the
whip-poor-wl and OF all otner
animals, birds and insects v nlch
are awake during the night and asleep
during the day. He claims that human
beings in great numbers have gore astray
with tie cat and its companions OF the
night, and have become the victims OF
''katzenJammer," which has been more
destructive than all other diseases com
blned. However, it is not hunger that
has led human beings astray, but the de-
sire 10 crowd more work into the twenty
four hours than nature Intended.
Nature teaches very clearly that the
day is The time for work AID the night the
time for rest aud sleep. IL is common, in
these days, TO attribute the sudden death
of public men, literary men and students
Of all sorts, to "Brighps disease" 1t is
not improbable that "Brights disease" is
but a disguise for "katzenjammer."
Politicians, literary men, professional
men and scholars all make wrong use OF
the hours OF the night. They thus violate
law OF nature, and in many cases, sud-
den death is the penalty they pay.
Crime is not prevalent among men who
rise early and VINO go TO he'd early. The
records of the courts, where they have
been properly kept, show this. The bur-
glar Is nighthawk, and the thief, in
nearly every instance, is the victim Of
"katzeDjammer." Honest folk, as a rule,
follow old Ben Franklin's adage and re-
fuse to turn night into day.
The army OF night tOilers, Mr.. Gun
Mug says, is increasing. Year by year
the lights are burned later in the places
Of business, and men become less in-
cined to greet the dawn with pleasure.
1t Is noticeable, too, that physical degen-
eracy is becoming more marked.
II is said that the lion and the tiger,
which are now night-prowlers,
suffer much from consumption,
time they will become almost as harmless
as the cat. ] Is because they are tue
victims Of 'katZenj MANNER" If the
| science Of physiology tells the truth they
were once the pOsSessors of unassallable
health. 1t is SAID that the hard, sour
| orange is the result OF growth in the
shade. 1t is well known that If the po-
tato be planted where 1t cannot have sun
shine It's vine will come forth with a
pale and sickly hue. So it is with hu-
man beings. Denied the sunshine they
pale and sicken and soon die.
With all the progress OF the world in
material things, it is not pleasant to he
reminded Of the fact that the physical
| part of human beings has not had a
| corresponding progress. The world to-
day ia fuller than it ever was of mysteri-
GUS diseases, and the medical colleges
were never SO active in turning out doc
| tors. 1t is hardly possible to turn the
| eye in any direction Without having it ar
rested by the flaming advertisement of
some newly discovered medicine, and the
fact that quacks are made rich
| by the sale OF nOstrums is
additional proof that there has been no
appreciable physical progress. The re-
Prospect is gloomy, but the prospect is still
more SO. ''katzeniammer" is the ruling
influence, and it will continue 80 until
men yield obedience to that law of nature
which requires that the day shall be given
to work and the night 10 rest. Mr.. Gun
ning's views are certainly calculated 10
| attract attention.